An American sentence:
I hereby bestow this sentence upon you. What shall you do with it?
What’s an ‘American Sentence’?
Allen Ginsberg, inventor of the American Sentence, felt that the haiku didnโt work as well in English. Ginsberg decided to remove the line structure of the haiku, maintaining the requirement of 17 syllables total. He felt that removing the line count freed the American Sentence up for the idiosyncrasies of English phonemes.
The requirements:
- Composed in one line;
- Syllabic, 17 syllables;
- Condensed, written with no unnecessary words or articles;
- Complete sentence or sentences;
- Includes a turn or enlightenment.
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
Read it and sigh………………. ๐
๐ Terveen ๐ – a happy sigh, I hope?
-David
Of course. ๐
hi David, btw is there a way to find out which posts have been visited from which country? or more specifically, is it possible to see which post a singular visit(or) in this case from Germany, went to see? Thanks,
not that I’m aware of, Barbara (and I suspect that the answer is no)
thanks ๐
Forget about it. ๐
๐ Michele ๐
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Say thank you! (K)
โค You're welcome โค
You are the master of the American sentence.
Rather, it seems I’ve too much free time and not enough free syllables.
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David
I revel and rejoice in required responses released posthaste.
None required, but all are appreciated, especially from friends.
And btw, here’s my next poem, and don’t take it the wrong way!๐๐
https://theforgersoffantasy.art.blog/2021/10/27/straight/
cute!
Read it and then file it away like passing a road sign in Chinese.
why Chinese? ๐
No particular reason. Maybe Tagalog would be as appropriate? Really thereโs just too many sentences to file permanently in the cranium so I have to let some go. Yours was on the top of the cue this morning and that was my first reply using an American Sentence. โI woke up too earlyโ was not enough syllables. ๐
*laughing*
Random sentence,random time, belongs in my RAM.
๐ Q. ๐